watched over

Example Sentences

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But an ingredient for encouraging development of outdoor kids becoming extinct: neighborhoods—the kinds where moms at home and older adults watched over the young ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

By late May, several hundred men were sitting on the dark volcanic gravel covering the streets of Murambi village on Goma's northern outskirts, watched over by members of the M23.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

County incarcerates about 13,000 people — including roughly 1,500 women — throughout its network of jails watched over by sheriff’s deputies.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2025

Several police officers and military guards watched over the 70-year-old and his wife, as voters huddled around, hoping to catch a peek of their president.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

Louie idolized Pete, who watched over him and their younger sisters, Sylvia and Virginia, with paternal protectiveness.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand